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W. B. HAYDEN & e. H. ALLEN. ATTAUHMENT FOR NECK YOKE STRAPS AND CHAINS.

N0. 264,830. Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM B. HAYDEN, OF GOLUMBUS, OHIO, AND COTTON H. ALLEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR NECK-Y'OKE STRAPS AND CHAINS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,830, dated September 19, 1882.

- Application filed June 27, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at (30- lumbus, Franklin county, and State of Ohio, andOoT'lo-N H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing; at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toggles for Neck-Yoke Straps and Chains, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of this invention is to provide an improved device for connecting the ends of a breast or neck-yoke strap with the rings of a harness-hame, the purpose being to provide a better, stronger, and more permanent connecting device than that heretofore afforded by the ordinary snap-hook, and to so form thesaid device that when connected with the hemerings it will not injure the collar.

To this end our invention consists, first, in connecting the neck-yoke strap to the harnering by means of a toggle which is provided with an eye orlink rigidly attached to or formed upon the central partof the toggle and curved sharply through an arc of about ninety degrees, so that the end of the link next the strap is at or about at right angles with the end to which the toggle is attached; secondly, in the combinatioinwith aneck-yoke strap, ofa buckle at each end thereof and a toggle connected with said buckle, either directly or by means of one, or more than one, intermediate links for forminga means of attachment to the harne.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 representsaneck-yoke strap provided with a buckle at each end, and having our improved toggle connected with each of said buckles. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the toggle detached. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a viewof the buckle applied to each end of the neck-yoke strap. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the toggle. v

A indicates the breast or neck-yoke strap, which may be made in any suitable form. At each end of said strap is placed a buckle, B, (shown detached in Fig. 4,) which is provided with a strong lower cross-bar, (1., having a central ring or eye, 0, adapted to receive a link, D, for connecting the buckle with the toggle. Said buckle may also be provided with a crossplate, I), connected with a raised portion of the side bars of the buckle to receive and confine the end of the neck-yoke strap. The toggle, V

which is adapted to be connected with said link or eye, G, springing from a. point nearer to one side of the toggle than the other, as seen in Fig. 3. At a short distance from its point ofjunction with the bar this link G is sharply bent at or nearly at right angles toward the side of the bar opposite that from which it springs, so as to form substantially a hooked portion, 0, composed partly of the shorter end of the bent link, and partly of the edge 61 of thetoggl'e. This eye G is adapted to receive the link D, by which the toggle is connected to the buckle B. a

The breaststrap is connected with the haine by passing the toggle throughthe hame-ring, which will lie in the hooked recess 0. Tension upon the strap will then be taken up, partly by the curved end of the link G and partly by the bar of the toggle. Moreover, the curvature of the link will hold the concave flat face of the toggle outward, the convex or curved face of the bar lying next to the collar, the

ends thereof being thus held away from thatportion of the harness, and in such a position as to avoid wear or injury of those parts.

The broadened ends of the toggle-bar aid in preventing it from escaping from the harnering or slipping from its position.

Itis evidentthat this fastening is very strong I and durable, and that it can be connected with or disconnected from the hame-ring with the greatest ease. It can also be manufactured cheaply and is in all respects superior to the form of devices heretofore used.

It should be noted that the particular form of toggle shown, while possessing many advantages peculiar to itself, is by no means an indispensable feature of our invention. A straight toggle-bar, either round or flattened, and similar to those heretoforein use, may be substituted for the toggle shown in the accompanying drawings. Such a bar, provided with the curved link or eye G, would in substantial respects perform functions similar to those accomplished by the toggle hereinbefore described, and. our invention contemplates the use of an ordinary straight toggle connected with the breast-strap by a link and buckle,.as well as the employment of the particular form of toggle-bar invented and claimed by us.

It is evident that instead of a single intermediate link, D, two or morelinks may be used to connect the buckle B to the toggle; or an ordinary neck-yoke chain may be substituted.

This fastening is very simple, possesses great strength, will endure for many years without perceptiblewear, and is efficient, secure, and ornamental.

It will be noticed that the peculiarity of the buckle consists in forming the eye and yoke as a continuation of the side bars of the buckle, so that the eye and the yoke connecting it with the side bars lie substantially in the same plane with the bar which carries the pivoted tongue, the result being that a strap when inserted in the buckle will be on the top above the exterior surface of the yoke and eye, that -it.will be interposed between the rear bar of the buckle and. the yoke which carries the .eye. These are important features of construction, and it enables thebuckle, with its eyean d yoke, to be usedfor various purposes.

What we claim is- 1. Thecombination, with a neck-yoke strap, of a buckle and' a toggle-fasteningconnected 3. A toggle for neck-yoke straps, having a centrally-attached curved link or eye, whereby it is adapted to be connected by means of a link with the saidstrap, substantially as described.

4. The combination,with the neck-yokestrap, of the buckles at each end, provided with an eye to receive a link and the toggles connected with said links by a bent eye or link formed on or attached rigidly to said toggles, substantially as described.

5. The buckle described, having the side bars extended to form the yoke and eye in sub stantially the same plane as the side bars, and

provided with the two topcross-bars and the central cross-bar carrying the pivoted tongue, all constructed and arranged so that when a strap ot' sufiicient length is inserted the yoke and eye will lie behind the strap, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM B. HAYDEN. COTTON H. ALLEN.

Witnesses: L

- W. P. LITTLE,

LORENZO D. HAGERTY. 

